Coy Winford Thompson Jr.

Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Lane Memorial Cemetery in Sunray with John Green and Billy Bob Brazell officiating. Arrangements are by Morrison Funeral Directors of Sunray.

Mr. Thompson was born Oct. 14, 1938, in Atoka, Okla., to Coy and Alice Ione Thompson. He was a graduate of Sunray High School class of 1957. He married Linda Owens of Dumas on Nov. 26, 1959. He was a longtime resident of Sunray and Dumas, and he attended Calvary Baptist Church and First Baptist Church while living in Dumas.

Mr. Thompson worked in law enforcement for many years, holding various positions in Dumas, Hereford and Amarillo, as well as Hansford County. In 2000, he retired from Moore County; after which, he and his wife moved to the Austin and Waco area to be closer to their children and grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his spouse, Linda Owens, in 2008; his father, Coy Thompson Sr., in 1974; his mother, Alice Ione, in 1997; a son, Thomas Michael, in 1963; a sister, Barbara, and brother, Kenneth, in 1942; and a brother, Adrian, in 1991.

Survivors include a son, Tim Thompson and wife Julie of Lorena, and their children, Cody and Erica; a son, Daniel Thompson and wife Jennie of Lakeway, and their children, Emily and Jacobus; two brothers, Steve Thompson of Florida and Lowery Thompson of Longview; and two aunts, Reda Ware of Arkansas and Othelia Cartrite of Sunray.